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Dell PERC5/E Dual Channel SAS RAID Controller with two external x4 SAS ports and 256MB Cache and BBU

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Compatible Dell P/N: GP297, DM479 XM768, UT568 RF480

Note: The Dell PowerVault MD1000 is supported only on the PERC 5/E RAID controller. A RAID controller is not required if the MD1000 is being daisy-chained to another MD-series Dell storage enclosure.

Comptible with the following Dell servers as well as non-dell servers:

PowerEdge 1850

PowerEdge 1900

PowerEdge 1950

PowerEdge 2850

PowerEdge 2900

PowerEdge 2950

PowerEdge 6800

PowerEdge 6850

PowerEdge 6950

PowerEdge 840
PowerEdge 860

Overview

The PERC5/E controller provides multi-level RAID protection to the expanded array through RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50. In addition, it offers data integrity and availability features such as proactive error detection and correction. Specifications

RAID Levels - 0, 1, 5, 10, 50

Enclosures per Port - Up to 3 enclosures

Ports - 2 x4 external wide port

Battery Backup Unit - Yes, Transportable

Cache Memory - 256 MB cache memory size

Cache Function - Write-back, write-through, adaptive read ahead, non-read ahead, read ahead

Multiple Virtual Diks per Controller - Up to 64 virtual disks per controller

Support for x8 PCI Express host interface - Yes

Online Capacity Expansion - Yes

Dedicated and Global Hot Spares - Yes

Hot Swap Devices Supported - Yes

Non-Disk Devices Supported - No

Mixed Capacity Physical Disks Supported - Yes

Hardware Exclusive-OR (XOR) Assistance - Yes

OS Supported

MicrosoftWindows2000 Server family

Windows Server2003 (includes Standard, Enterprise, and Small Business Servers)

Windows XP (Microsoft Windows XP is supported with a PERC 5 controller only when the controller is installed in a Dell PrecisionWorkstation system.)

Red HatEnterprise Linux

SUSELINUX Enterprise Server